Description
Cedric Recipe Explorer adds a recipe exploration block to WordPress.
The plugin can:
- search for recipes from an ingredient, dish or craving
- show an instant autocomplete
- display a random recipe selection
- open ingredients and method for each recipe
- show a nutrition profile per recipe
- translate and clean recipe content in multiple European languages when OpenAI is configured
- offer several display variants for different themes and layouts
- be inserted with a shortcode or a Gutenberg block
Use cases:
- food blogs
- editorial cooking sites
- magazine layouts
- “related recipes” sections on article pages
- standalone recipe explorer pages
Features
- Spoonacular-powered recipe search
- autocomplete and random discovery
- recipe cards with details and nutrition
- optional OpenAI cleanup and translation
- output language selector: French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch
- 3 display variants: Auto, Editorial, Compact
- shortcode and Gutenberg block support
External services
This plugin connects to third-party APIs:
- Spoonacular
* Used for recipe search, autocomplete, ingredients, cooking steps, recipe metadata and nutrition.
* Service provider: Spoonacular
* Terms: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/terms
* Privacy: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/privacy-policy
* A Spoonacular API key is required for the plugin to work.
- OpenAI (optional)
* Used only when the site owner provides an OpenAI API key.
* Used to clean and translate titles, summaries, ingredients and method into the selected language.
* Terms: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
* Privacy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
* The plugin remains usable without OpenAI.
Getting a Spoonacular API key
Official page:
https://spoonacular.com/food-api
Usage
Shortcode:
[cedrrex_recipes]
Gutenberg block:
Search for Cedric Recipe Explorer in the block inserter.
Screenshots
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Cedric Recipe Explorer
Installation
- Upload the plugin zip from
Plugins > Add New. - Activate the plugin.
- Go to
Settings > Cedric Recipe Explorer. - Add your Spoonacular API key.
- Optionally add your OpenAI API key for multilingual cleanup and translation.
- Choose the number of recipes, output language, design variant and feature toggles.
FAQ
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Is Spoonacular required?
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Yes. The plugin depends on Spoonacular to retrieve recipes and nutrition data.
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Is OpenAI required?
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No. OpenAI is optional. Without it, the plugin still works with Spoonacular data and the built-in rendering.
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Which languages are supported?
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The output language selector currently supports:
- French
- English
- Spanish
- Italian
- German
- Dutch
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Does the plugin work with Gutenberg?
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Yes. You can insert it with the dedicated Gutenberg block or with the shortcode.
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Contributors & Developers
“Cedric Recipe Explorer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
0.4.3
- replaced short and generic public identifiers with the
cedrrexprefix for WordPress.org review - renamed the shortcode, block name, settings group, options, AJAX actions and localized frontend config
- updated uninstall cleanup and usage documentation to match the new identifiers
0.4.2
- renamed the plugin to Cedric Recipe Explorer and updated the text domain/contributor metadata for WordPress.org review
- prefixed hooks and AJAX actions more strictly for WordPress.org checks
- removed discouraged translation bootstrap call
- hardened AJAX request sanitization and nonce handling
- added direct access protection across plugin PHP files
0.4.0
- refreshed the plugin as a single free package for WordPress sites
- simplified the settings page and onboarding copy
- kept multilingual cleanup, nutrition and design variants in the public release
- updated the readme for WordPress.org submission